Pope John Paul, who last met Arafat in 2001, retreated into private prayer when he was told of the death of the Palestinian leader earlier on Thursday in Paris, a Vatican source said.
The Pope, who made a historic trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories in 2000, sent a message saying he was particularly close to the Palestinian people "in this hour of sadness".
I'll reply to idiotic nonsense after I finish puking!! My God! I hope some mid level Vatican beaurocrat is making this shit up!
And to think, he was only responsible for the deaths of some 100,000 Lebanese Catholics, guess their lives count for nill.
As a Catholic who has loved this Pope and followed his tenure in the Vatican, I cannot believe he wrote this tripe. I think our Pope is very ill and perhaps is not responsible for the communications coming out of the communist wing of the Vatican. This Pope knows what is evil and would not hesitate to call it such. This Pope would not praise a murderer. My message to those in the Vatican who think Catholics benignly swallow their crap is "KNOCK IT OFF". The majority of Catholics I personally know would not agree with the Vatican view re: Arafat.